Le Calo Ristorante – Amazing Italian in Andersonville

http://www.calorestaurant.com/

Unlike some Chicago’s restaurants in which bars function as holding pens for hungry customers awaiting dining room seats, the booths in the bar at Calo are arguably the best seats in the house with the fastest service. The bar area has a brassy, classic feel with gorgeous old world Italian artwork throughout. Service is immediate and attentive without being invasive, from the arrival of the breadbasket to the moment your plate is cleared.

I come for the rigatoni in meat sauce, and believe me, it’s among the best I’ve ever had (that’s saying a lot coming from heavily Italian North Jersey), but the menu features everything from grilled steak and seafood to melt-off-the-bone ribs ($9.95 special on Sunday nights) and amazing pasta. Ample wine menu and creative martini selection (as well as traditional Italian dessert menu) make this place the perfect spot for date night, and my boyfriend and I have enjoyed it as such three times with no complaint.

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